Table 3

CCAC Utilization per 1,000 population, fiscal year 2003-2004

Gibson 15

Hamilton

Crude Rate

Age-Sex-Standardized Rate*

Crude Rate

CCAC Clients

44.1

42.9

34.7

Nursing Visits

712

721

532

Shift Nursing Hours

167

173

157

Personal Support and Homemaking Hours

1,390

1,257

1,622

Social Work Visits

31.8

31.3

13.1

Nutrition Visits

13.9

13.5

9.7

Speech Visits

21.4

22.9

16.0

Physiotherapy Visits

70.0

65.2

59.2

Occupational Therapy Visits

82.1

80.5

57.2

 

*  The neighbourhood rate is standardized by age and sex using the Hamilton population as the standard for age-sex controlled comparisons.  That is, the age-sex standardized rate is the rate that would result if the neighbourhood population had the same age-sex distribution as Hamilton.

 

    Source:  Hamilton Community Care Access Centre, August 2004